Lawn-boot.



No. 882,016. PATENTED MAR. 17; 1908.

G. W. PHILLIPS.

LAWN BOOT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.26. 1907.

lVfTNES-S'ES: INVENTOR. 5 "s 9 ATTORNEYJ UNITED STATES ILALIENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. PHILLIPS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE PHILLIPS LAWNBOOT COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION.

LAWN-B OOT Application filed August 26, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lawn-Boots, and dodeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to lawn boots, and the invention consists in a bootwhich has a substantially flat closed bottom or pad rounded at the edgeto protect the lawn, and is provided with a pair of side clampingmembers adjustable laterally at both ends and adapted to fasten the padupon the feet, all substantially as shown and described and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the bootcomplete, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation thereof.

.Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the rear connecting members and aportion of a side member pivoted therein and a detail of one of thecylindrical connecting nuts adapted to be seated in said member. Fig. 4shows the means for confining the screw rods rotatably in their bearingsor parts'.

A represents the pad or bottom of the boot, preferably of aluminium forlightness and provided with four posts, 2 and 2, and 4 and 4,respectively, at front and rear, and spaced apart at each end relativelyas shown. Any preferred configuration may be given to the lower side ofthe pad to prevent slipping, and a depression is preferably formed inthe middle and top of the pad beneath the more tender portion of thefoot.

Two hoof clamps, C and C, are provided for locking the pad upon the hoofor foot of the horse, and said clamps are engaged at their respectiveends directly or indirectly by right and left threaded screw rods D andE, respectively, rotatably supported at their ends in posts 2 and 4. Onehalf of each of said rods from the middle is threaded to the right andthe other half to the left, and cylindrical nuts G are mounted on red Dbetween ears 5 on the front ends of hoof clamps C C, and incorresponding ears 6 in or on the rear connecting links L. Said links Lare pivotally engaged with the rear ends of clamps O C and extend inwardtherefrom toward each other more or less and are oper- Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented March 17, 1908.

Serial No. 390,239.

atively engaged upon said nuts with screw rod E passing through thecenter of the nuts. A slight pivotal accommodation of links L on saidnuts, front and rear, is provided for to meet requirements in securingthe boot on the foot and in removing the same.

One end of each screw rod projects and is squared to apply a wrench toturn the same, and each rod is confined lengthwise in its posts by meansof two lock nuts 7 and 8 threaded on said screws respectively andlocated in one of the respective posts 2 and 1. Such post has a collar10 as to which nuts 7 and S are oppositely arranged, while nut 8 has atubular extension 12 of slightly greater depth than said collar engagedby nut 7, so that said nuts can bear tightly against each other and yethave free rotation as to collar 10. This confines said screw rods intheir respective post bearings and yet provides for the separation andremoval of all the parts, if necessary, the nuts 7 and 8 allowing thisto be done.

The clamps C and O are adjustable toward and from each other throughsaid nuts G mounted on the right and left hand threads respectively ofor on screws 1) and E, and the rotation of said screws in one directionwill carry said clamps apart, and in the opposite direction will carrythem together or toward each other. Hence said clamps are easilyreleased, and when put on are spread to in sert the foot from above,after which both screws are turned until the pad is firmly fixed uponthe foot. The links or joint members L at the rear enable suchadjustments to be made in comparatively close relations on rod E whilethe rear ends of the hoof clamps are relatively far apart laterally, asshown.

Each nut G has a bearing nipple or projection 15 at its bottom seatedrespectively in the lower lip or flange 5 and 6 respectively front andrear, while the upper corresponding lip has a hole h rge enough toaccommodate the full size of the top of the nut.

What I claim is 1. A lawn pad for horses, having posts front and rearand right and left threaded screws rotatably supported in said posts,nuts engaging said right and left threads on each screw, and clamps tofasten the pad on the foot mounted on said nuts.

2. A lawn pad for horses, having posts at their ends and right and leftthreaded screws in said posts, a pair of cylindrically shaped nuts oneach screw on said right and left threads respectively, and clamps forthe foot mounted on said nuts in rotatable relation thereto, wherebyadjustment can be made at either end. 1

3. The pad having posts on top front and rear, right and left threadedscrews rotatably mounted in said posts, a pair of oppositely threadednuts on each screw, a pair of clamping members to secure the pad to thefoot mounted at their front ends directly upon the front nuts, and linksconnecting the rear ends of the clamps with the rear nuts.

4. The pad having front and rear posts on top, oppositely threadedscrews in said posts and clamps for the foot adjustably mounted GEORGEXV. PHILLIPS. Witnesses: I

R. B. MosER, F. O. MUssUY.

